Yang Min-hyeok (; born 16 April 2006) is a South Korean

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who plays as a forward or midfielder for club

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, and the

South Korea national team South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both west and east. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþaz' ...

Club career

In 2022, Yang joined Gangneung Jeil High School and started to play for the school's football club, an academy of

Gangwon FC Gangwon FC () is a South Korean football club based in Gangwon Province. They joined the K League as its 15th club for the 2009 season. The club is sponsored by High1 Resort. History Gangwon Province's governor Kim Jin-sun announced a sch ...

. Prior to the 2024 season, when he was just one year away from graduating, he was promoted to the senior team. He won the

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Player of the Month award for July 2024, becoming the youngest player to win the award.

Tottenham Hotspur

Yang signed a six-year contract with

on 28 July 2024, to join the club in January 2025, allowing him to complete the

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season with Gangwon. He spent part of December 2024 at the club's training ground, learning English. On 29 January 2025, Yang joined

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side

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on loan for the remainder of the season. On 1 February, he made his Championship debut as a substitute in a 2–1 loss to

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. On 14 February, he provided his first Championship assist in a 4–0 win over

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, where he made his first start. On 29 March, he scored his first Championship goal in a 3–1 loss to

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International career

In 2023, Yang played for the South Korean national under-17 team at the

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and the

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. On 25 March 2025, Yang made his senior international debut during the second half of a World Cup qualifier against

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Career statistics

Honours

South Korea U17 *

runner-up:

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Individual *

Young Player of the Month: April 2024, May 2024, June 2024, July 2024, October 2024 * K League All-Star: 2024 *

Player of the Month: July 2024 * K League 1 Best XI: 2024 * K League 1 Young Player of the Year: 2024 * Korean FA Young Player of the Year: 2024

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Yang Min-hyeok
at KFA * 2006 births Living people People from Gwangju, Gyeonggi Footballers from Gyeonggi Province South Korean men's footballers Men's association football wingers Gangwon FC players Tottenham Hotspur F.C. players Queens Park Rangers F.C. players K League 1 players South Korea men's youth international footballers South Korea men's international footballers 21st-century South Korean sportsmen South Korean expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in England South Korean expatriate sportspeople in England {{SouthKorea-footy-midfielder-stub